How To Install libepub-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libepub-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libepub-dev is library to work with the EPUB file format - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libepub-dev on Debian 10.

What is libepub-dev

libepub-dev is:

The ebook-tools provide ways for accessing and converting different ebook file formats.

This C library is free and portable. It includes methods to parse EPUB files and extract their contents.

This package provides development headers and libraries for libepub.

There are three methods to install libepub-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libepub-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libepub-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libepub-dev

Install libepub-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libepub-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libepub-dev

Install libepub-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libepub-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libepub-dev

How To Uninstall libepub-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libepub-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libepub-dev

Uninstall libepub-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libepub-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libepub-dev

Remove libepub-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libepub-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libepub-dev

Remove libepub-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libepub-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libepub-dev

Dependencies

libepub-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libepub-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.